Carol Burnett

Born Carol Creighton Burnett in San Antonio, TX on July 26, 1933, Burnett's childhood was marked by alcoholism, which afflicted both of her parents; most particularly Burnett's father, Jody, who was largely absent from her early life due to his committal to a sanitarium. She and her younger sister Chrissy were largely raised by their grandmother, who reared them in her boarding house in Hollywood, helping to nurture the lifelong passion for classic movies that Burnett's mother, a frustrated writer, helped to cultivate. Tall, long-limbed, with an expressive face, Burnett discovered that she could make her peers laugh while a student at Hollywood High School, using it to bolster her self-confi... Continue Bio >>